More on 911 Recovery
Representatives Maloney, Nadler & King Pledge Bipartisan Effort Against Sequestration of 9/11 Health & Victim Compensation Funds
New York, NY – Today, U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Peter T. King (R-NY), the House sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act, issued a statement pledging to fight against a cut in federal funds for the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) that would be triggered by the automatic sequestration of federal expenditures should Congress fail to enact deficit-cutting measures by January 2, 2013.
Reps. Maloney, Nadler & King hail inclusion of cancer under 9/11 Health Program
WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Peter T. King (R-NY), House sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act, hailed today's announcement of a rule finalizing incorporation of 50 cancers to now be covered under the program.
Representatives Maloney, Nadler & King Praise 9/11 Health Program Recommendation on Cancer Coverage
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Peter T. King (R-NY), the House sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act, commended the proposal by Dr. John Howard, Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health and the administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program, that the Program accept the entire set of recommendations issued previously by its Science/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to provide coverage for certain types of cancer resulting from exposure to toxins released at Ground Zero. Dr. Howard’s recommendations were issued in documents today, which will be subject to public review and comment for 30 days before being implemented. The Members of Congress issued the following joint statement:
Zadroga Act Sponsors Request a Meeting with HHS Secretary Sebelius On 9/11 Health Program Coverage of Cancer
In response to this week’s vote by the Science/Technical Advisory Committee, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King, along with U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer, the prime sponsors of the Act, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting a meeting to discuss the process of how the Department will proceed with a decision on whether to add certain cancers to the list of covered conditions in the World Trade Center Health Program. A copy of the letter appears below.
Hellenic Caucus Co-Chairs applaud agreement to rebuild St. Nicholas Church
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, applauded the agreement announced today between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to rebuild St. Nicholas Church at 130 Liberty Street in lower Manhattan. The original St. Nicholas Church was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Zadroga bill authors on release of final regulations governing 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
New York, NY – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), the authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today issued the following joint statement on the release by Special Master Sheila Birnbaum of final regulations governing applications for compensation under the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF).
Reps. Maloney, Nadler & King Celebrate As Zadroga 9/11 Health Law Goes Into Effect Today
New York, NY – Today, the health programs provided by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act went into effect – a milestone celebrated by the bill’s authors, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King. Earlier today, Maloney and Nadler attended a ribbon-cutting at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, the site of one of seven Centers of Excellence in the New York City area created under the law.
Zadroga Bill Authors on Release of Draft Regulations for Reopened 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today released the following joint statement on the release by Special Master Sheila Birnbaum of draft regulations governing applications for compensation under the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF): “Thousands of 9/11 responders and survivors have been waiting to be compensated for their injuries, so we applaud Ms. Birnbaum’s efforts to release these draft regulations for public comment so quickly – indeed, only 34 days after she was appointed. The draft rules will be available for public comment for 45 days, with the hope that they will be finalized before the tenth anniversary of the attacks.
Zadroga Bill Authors on Appointment of Special Master to Run 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today released the following joint statement on the appointment of Sheila Birnbaum as the Special Master of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF):
Statement of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney on President Obama’s Visit to New York:
“I join my fellow New Yorkers in expressing my gratitude to President Obama for visiting our city today and for a job very well done. Under the President’s extraordinary leadership and with an heroic effort by our military and our intelligence community, at long last, a mass murderer has been brought to justice. “President Obama's visit to Ground Zero will hopefully bring comfort to the families who lost loved ones, and bring the attention of the world back to the courage that so many showed on 9/11: the firefighters, police officers, and first responders who answered the call of duty and went into burning towers, never to return; the construction workers and volunteers who came to Ground Zero to help our nation recover; the office workers who risked their lives to lead others to safety. “I hope the President’s visit will also remind Americans how we came together after the attacks, a unity that impressed itself on the heart of the world and delivered us from some of the most difficult times our nation has ever faced. As the President himself said, when we come together, there’s nothing that we can’t do.” ###
